“All wrong! All wrong!” said Sam, with a reproving shake of the head. “All wrong! She’s going to marry me.”
Mr. Bennett scorched him with a look compared with which his earlier effort had been a loving glance.
“Wilhelmina,” he said, “go into the outer office.”
“But, father, Sam saved my life!”
“Go into the outer office and wait for me there.”
“There was a lunatic in here....”
“There will be another if you don’t go.”
“He had a pistol.”
“Go into the outer office!”
“I shall always love you, Sam!” said Billie, pausing mutinously at the door.